Guard attachment for sewing-machines.



No. 892,794.. E R BAILEY PATENTED JUILY '7, 190a.

GUAM) ATTACHMENT FOR SEWIN G MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED n2o.20,19o7.

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. a. R. BAILEY,

GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1907. sfisnrs sfllmz L LVVENY'OR EflfiB Q 1 e 31% 7% Allfur lg guard separated. and, Fig. 0 is a sectional contact with the drivin be t 4 and becomes ETMA ROBERTA BAILEY, O F FORDOCHE, LOUISIANA.

GUARD ATTACHMENT FGR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

4 Application filed December 36. 1907. Serial No. 408.557.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it kngwn that LETuA R. BAILEY, acitizen ofjbdlnitcd States, residing at For- 5 (l0! he. in the Pointe Coupee parish and State of Louisiana. ha" invented certain new and l useful Improvements in Guard Attachments 1 for Sen'iug-Mzlthines: and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex- 3 art description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it E appertains to male and use the same. i

l v invention relates to new and usefull improvements in g ard attachments for sewing machines and more particularly to that clas employing what is known as a; high arm and my object is to provide means 2 for protecting the garments from coming in contacts with parts of the machine, whereby the garments might become soiled or torn.

A further object is to provide means for 3 securing the guard to the machine.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and. more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a )erspective view of a-portion of the machine head. showing my improved shield attached Fig. 2 is a sectional view as seen on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the guard in its assembled position. Fig; 4 is a perspective view showing the parts of the thereto.

view as seen on line- 55, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a base or platform, such as is commonly used for so porting the head 2 of the machine, said lead having an arm 3 extending upwardly therefrom, said arm being of the usual or well-known class.

It has been found that in sewing large (11'- ticles, that the fabric fre uently comes in soiled or entangled in the usual form of link 5 cm loyed for securing the ends of the belt togetller and becomes torn and, to obviate tlus result, I provide my improved form of shield 6, which is referably constructed in two sections that t ey may be readily introduced around the tubular socket 7 extending lat rally from the arm 3, said sections being I provided with llan 'es 9, which estend at: 'ight angles to the aces of the sections and l ing therearound.

The sections of the shield are provided with semi-circular depressions attheir meeting edges, which form an opening 10, through which the tubular socket 7 passes and extending laterally from the outer faces of said sections and around a portion of the edge of said openin are projections 11 and 12, the meeting cm s of said projections being adacpted to overlap each other and are provi with alining openings 13, through which extends a set screw 14, the lower end of said set screw being threaded and adapted to enter a threaded seat. 15 in the wall of the tubular socket 7 and. when the projections are thus engaged by the set screw, the shieh' will he firmly secured in position. The sec tions of the shield are further secured together by means of latches 16 and 17 engaging pins 1S and 1.), respectively on the sections of the shield, the latch 16 being located adjacent the upper end of the shield and on the outer face thereof, while the latch 17 is on'the inner face of the shield and adjacent the lower end thereof, said latches being pivoted to o .posit-e sections of the shield.

Vl'heu the shield is placed in position on the machine, the closed side thereof is between the arm and driving belt and, to accommodate the usual form of bobbin-winding shaft 20 and allow the belt-engaging wheel 21, carried thereby, to be moved into engagement with the driving belt 4, a curved slot 22 is formed in one of the sections of the shield, through which the shaft 20 extends and it will he readiiy seen that said shaft may be readilv swung to move the Wheel 21 into or outof enga ement with the belt.

In forming the shield, it is preferably constructed of sheet metal and the flanges thereon formed by bending the outer edges of the shield at ri ht angles to the body portion thereof, saitl shield being of sufiicient height to prevent the garmentbeing sewed fromcoming in contact. with any of the driving mechanism of the machine, there-by obviating the necessity of the operator using one hand in keeping the garment from coming in engagement, with the belt or other parts of the machine and permitting the operator to use both hands for guiding the garment while being sewed or for otherwise operating the machine.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a over the belt wheel 8 and driving belt extendvery chea and economical form of shield and one t at will thoroughly protect the article being sewed from coming in contact a with portions of the machine and it will 1 further be seen that said shield may be readily attached to or removed from the machine.-

What I claim is: 1. The herein described shield formed in 19 sections, means to secure said sect ons toather, the-meeting edges of said sections having depressions to form an o ening, projections on said shield and part y surroundmg said 0 'ening and means extendin through sai projections to secure the shield to parts of a machine.

2. The herein described shield formed in sections and having depressions in their meeting edges to form an opening, a flange at the outer'edge of said sections, pro'ections around the opening in the shield an means adapted to extend through said projections and secure the shield to parts of a sewing machine; v a 5 3. The herein described shield having an opening th'erethrough, a flange extending around the edge of saidshield, projections on said shield adjacent said opening, said shield also having'a curved slot therein and means 30 ektendin through said projections to secure the shiel to parts of a machine.

4'. A shield of the class described, formed in two sections and having an opening be- 7 tween the sections, one of said sections also having a curved slot therein, a flange at the outer edge of said sections, a hook on each of said sections, a pin on each of said sections adapted -to be engaged by the hook on the opposite section, a pair of overlapping projections on said sections and means extend- 40 7 mg throu h said projections adapted to secure the s 'eld to parts of a sewing machine.

5. The combination with movable parts of a sewing machine and a tubular bearin socket for said movable parts; of a shiel far said movable parts, said shield having an opening to receive said tubular socket, pro'ections on said shield, partly surrounding sai openin and means extending through said projections and into said tubular socket to secure the shield'in osition. 6. The herein descri edshieldformed in sections, the meeting edges of which are provided with semi-circular depressions to form an openin'gfprojections extending at right angles from t e face of-said shield and partliy surrounding said opening and means exten ing through the overlapped ends of said projections adapted to secure the shield to parts of a sewing machine. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, ETMA'ROBERTA BAILEY.

Witnesses:

H. P. SIMMONDS, W. R. BAILEY. 

